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In 2021, Rainforest Alliance, the third-party that certifies Starbucks’ supply chains for tea and cocoa, was sued in D.C. court by another consumer advocacy group over “false and deceptive ...
Starbucks is being sued by a consumer advocacy group alleging that the global coffee chain falsely and deceptively advertises the “committed to 100% ethically sourced” claim on its coffee and ...
Starbucks has faced a number of issues and controversies over the past couple of years, from consumer boycotts to union protests and lawsuits.. Now more trouble is brewing for the company as it ...
A lawsuit filed by a consumer advocacy group states that Starbucks used suppliers with “documented, severe human rights and labor abuses.” Starbucks Is Being Sued Over Its Misleading '100% ...
Starbucks' footprint in the United States, showing saturation of metropolitan areas. Some of the methods Starbucks has used to expand and maintain their dominant market position, including buying out competitors' leases, intentionally operating at a loss, and clustering several locations in a small geographical area (i.e., saturating the market), have been labeled anti-competitive by critics. [14]
Laws applied Section 10(j) of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 ( 29 U.S.C. § 160(j) ) Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney , 602 U.S. ___ (2024), was a U.S. Supreme Court case about what standard a court must apply before granting a preliminary injunction requested by the National Labor Relations Board .
The United States federal government regulates advertising through the Federal Trade Commission [49] (FTC) with truth-in-advertising laws [50] and enables private litigation through a number of laws, most significantly the Lanham Act (trademark and unfair competition). Specifically, under Section 43(a), false advertising is an actionable civil ...
A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Starbucks Wednesday, saying the company’s claim that its coffee is ethically sourced is false and misleading. The National Consumers League ...